Death toll from heavy floods, rains in Sudan rises to 146

September 21, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The death toll from heavy rains and floods in Sudan has now risen to 146, the country’s National Council for Civil Defence has revealed.

“Until Sept. 21, the torrential rains and floods have killed 146 people and injured 122 others,” the council said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

According to the state-owned council, a total of 54,758 homes were destroyed and 74,444 others damaged, while 367 public utilities and 298 shops and stores were damaged.

Heavy rains, the institution stated, also affected about 101,193 hectares of agricultural lands and killed 2,741 heads of cattle, adding that, “More than 250 villages in northern, central and western Sudan have been battered by torrential rains since late June”.

Last month, Sudan’s Council of Ministers declared a state of emergency in the six flood-hit states of River Nile, Gezira, White Nile, West Kordofan, South Darfur and Kassala.

Over 258,000 people have been affected by heavy rains and floods across Sudan, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

(ST)